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Miguel Cotto knows by heart Roberto Gomez Bolaños. He studied him since he was kid as he does now as when he analyzed his rivals from A to Z r.
The Puerto Rican for years saw this gentleman, who is a Mexican actor, and he had him well read and studied as today with is the Filipino Manny Pacquiao, against whom will fight Nov. 14 in Las Vegas in a title fight in which he plays prestige, a part of his WBO welterweight belt.
Cotto was this little boy rechonchito coming directito without hesitation on the road from school to home, which Patronal Fiesta rocket to see on television a 'show' that took the song from the 1970s when it reached Island Mexican children's program: El Chavo del Ocho.
In the decades of 80 and 90 always maintained high ratings on local television. And the Mexican actor and producer Gomez Bolanos was none other than El Chavo del Ocho, who Cotto idolized.
Cotto, who was born in 1980, not at that time dreamed of being a great athlete. He did not play baseball or basketball, or to track and field, swimming and soccer. Moreover, boxing was a world unknown to him.
"Once I bought a baseball glove and took him to the park several times, but gave no foot-ball. That was not him, "recalled the father of the king, Don Miguel Cotto, a former soldier whose discipline was key to raising children.
Meanwhile, the boxer said today that for those years, before arriving at ten, had no major goals in sport. At age 11, and measuring about five feet tall, Cotto weighed 160 pounds.
"I was a chubby happy that got home from school and went straight to see El Chavo del Ocho and I ate a bowl of corn flakes. Then I waited for my mother to finish cooking to eat again, "he said.
Cotto has publicly said that when he was a youngster, he never saw a boxing match or other sports. He never liked baseball practice and did not know the glorious Rican boxer Wilfredo Gómez. He never followed the footsteps of another former champion, Tito Trinidad.
"I did want to be, that when I grew up and had 12 to 13 years, as my brother Jose Miguel had already begun to excel in boxing. He was my motivation. So he came to boxing, the gym. But I did it to cut weight, but never told that to the 'old man'. And my brothers were national champions at the amateur level. But one day my dad told me that nobody wanted to fight me, but it was in her own right, but I was a Cotto, who had the surname of my brothers who were already national champions, "he said.
Miguel reminded that hurt him, and got it got deep in his ego. Like a short right, but with great force.
Then he began to throw himself to the gym, but with a different mentality.
"Train hard, every day. And then I decided to go to the School of Lodge specializes in Olympic sports, "he said.
He worked hard and managed to make the national team boxing at age 16. And he began to have success.
"From then on he decided that he wanted to be a boxer. But that was then, before I entered the gym to cut and before that I was a chubby happy ....", said.
The Puerto Rican for years saw this gentleman, who is a Mexican actor, and he had him well read and studied as today with is the Filipino Manny Pacquiao, against whom will fight Nov. 14 in Las Vegas in a title fight in which he plays prestige, a part of his WBO welterweight belt.
Cotto was this little boy rechonchito coming directito without hesitation on the road from school to home, which Patronal Fiesta rocket to see on television a 'show' that took the song from the 1970s when it reached Island Mexican children's program: El Chavo del Ocho.
In the decades of 80 and 90 always maintained high ratings on local television. And the Mexican actor and producer Gomez Bolanos was none other than El Chavo del Ocho, who Cotto idolized.
Cotto, who was born in 1980, not at that time dreamed of being a great athlete. He did not play baseball or basketball, or to track and field, swimming and soccer. Moreover, boxing was a world unknown to him.
"Once I bought a baseball glove and took him to the park several times, but gave no foot-ball. That was not him, "recalled the father of the king, Don Miguel Cotto, a former soldier whose discipline was key to raising children.
Meanwhile, the boxer said today that for those years, before arriving at ten, had no major goals in sport. At age 11, and measuring about five feet tall, Cotto weighed 160 pounds.
"I was a chubby happy that got home from school and went straight to see El Chavo del Ocho and I ate a bowl of corn flakes. Then I waited for my mother to finish cooking to eat again, "he said.
Cotto has publicly said that when he was a youngster, he never saw a boxing match or other sports. He never liked baseball practice and did not know the glorious Rican boxer Wilfredo Gómez. He never followed the footsteps of another former champion, Tito Trinidad.
"I did want to be, that when I grew up and had 12 to 13 years, as my brother Jose Miguel had already begun to excel in boxing. He was my motivation. So he came to boxing, the gym. But I did it to cut weight, but never told that to the 'old man'. And my brothers were national champions at the amateur level. But one day my dad told me that nobody wanted to fight me, but it was in her own right, but I was a Cotto, who had the surname of my brothers who were already national champions, "he said.
Miguel reminded that hurt him, and got it got deep in his ego. Like a short right, but with great force.
Then he began to throw himself to the gym, but with a different mentality.
"Train hard, every day. And then I decided to go to the School of Lodge specializes in Olympic sports, "he said.
He worked hard and managed to make the national team boxing at age 16. And he began to have success.
"From then on he decided that he wanted to be a boxer. But that was then, before I entered the gym to cut and before that I was a chubby happy ....", said.